Mrs.

Turco
December 6th, 2018
Stephanie.turco@cobbk12.org http://www.cobblearning.net/turco/

*Math – We will continue our unit on Area and Perimeter. We

will not only be finding the area and perimeter of 4 sided figures,
but also finding the missing side when given the perimeter or area.
We will have our Area classwork grade on Friday, Dec. 7th. Our
test will be Thursday, December 13th. These are tentative dates.
Math: 30 minutes for the entire week of Khan
Academy or Dreambox on assigned topic.
*Test Thursday, December 13th.

* Reading –We will continue our novel Wonder. Student will If your child is on Lexia or Reading Plus, please
be tracking in their reading spirals. We will finish looking at text have them work on this at home.
structure. We are planning to have an open notes test on Wonder
when we finish the book. I do not know the date of this because it
will just depend on when we finish reading. Read 20 minutes/night
* Writing –We will be transferring our animal writing onto
our paper for our Class Ecosystem books. In grammar we are
*Look over vocabulary words for the week. We
learning about figurative language, i.e. similes, metaphors, idioms, will have a quiz every 2 weeks on the 10 words.
proverbs & adages. Our next Vocab Quiz is tomorrow, December
7th.
* Social Studies– We will continue our Westward Expansion
Unit in Social Studies. We will be learning about Lewis and Clark,
The War of 1812, Oregon Trail, The Alamo, Gold Rush, and impact Begin studying for Westward Expansion test.
on Native Americans. We learned about the Louisiana Purchase * Study guide is in your child’s binder, but
this past week. Our test will be the week of the 17th. It is needs to stay in there to complete in class!
tentatively scheduled for Tuesday, December 18th.

• Our Winter Party will be on Friday, Dec 14th. * Dec. 10th – B - PE

D – Music
• Important Dates: * Dec. 11th - B – Art/PE
• Friday 12/7 – Counseling Lesson
D – PE/Art
• Tuesday 12/11 – Super Specials
• Wednesday 12/12 – Pope High School Field * Dec. 12th - B - Music
Trip D - PE
• Friday 12/14 – Winter Party * Dec. 13 - No Specials
th
• Tuesday 12/17 – ½ Class to Youth Museum STEM Lab
• Wednesday 12/18 – ½ Class to Youth
* Dec. 14 - B - PE
th
Museum
• Thursday 12/19 – Early Release D - Music
• Friday 12/20 – Early Release